MOE: an alternative plan to provide liquid gas to power plants

Economy
  • 21-01-2020, 12:56
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    Baghdad - INA

    A spokesman for the Ministry of Electricity Ahmed Al-Abadi said in a statement to the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "The crisis cell in the Ministry of Electricity in the presence of Adviser to the Prime Minister Abdel Hussein Hanin and Energy Adviser Raad Al-Haris discussed the alternative plan to extend fuel supplies for power stations and to compensate for the shortfall in the supply Gas for the stations, "noting that" the Iranian gas problem is still ongoing and has not been addressed.”

     Al-Abadi added that "the issue of hours of supplying electricity affected the rate of decrease in production for generation stations," noting that "fuel supply by the Ministry of Oil is costly and that the ability of the Ministry of Oil to supply these stations in proportion to and raise its production capacity is very difficult because the infrastructure of the Ministry of Oil and because of its exposure To sabotage and destruction that led to the operation of alternative fuel stations, weakening its production capacity, and instead of producing 1,000 gigs, it will produce 5,000 gigs. "